<p>As another poster said, I can’t imagine that this would result in anything but an OOS tuition bill. The questionaire we filled out for IS was 6 pages long, I can’t think about one thing on there that could be faked easily.
What I didn’t know, is that some state flagships have two classifications for OOS/IS. One for placing a student in an application pool, and one for tuition. We are living out of the country for my sons last two years of HS, but retained our in-state home which we visit. If we met certain criteria, our son’s application could be read in the IS pool, which would be wonderful as the OOS turns down kids admitted to Princeton. I never knew this was possible. Of course we couldn’t get IS tuition, but you can’t have everything!</p>
<p>I think Helpfulmommy has hit the nail on the head.
That student could be accepted and then nothing mentioned about IS or OOS until afterwards. My kids all applied to in-state and OOS publics and I don’t remember anything except a check-off box in the application regarding residency. We didn’t really get anything about payments until later when they sent out the financial aid form. </p>
<p>I think it would be a kindness to tell one person in the family what may happen so the student at least applies to another SAFETY school that she would like to attend and that’s affordable.</p>
<p>It’s sad that people can be so unethical - but I agree, any major public university relies in very large part on state funding, which in turn is paid by state resident taxes. Hence people trying to claim residency who have not paid their share as a state resident goes against the very grain of these school’s existence. If it ever came out that said university was graduating a decent percentage of people under such circumstances, it would be a huge scandal, and something like that would never stay under the covers for long (Joe Paterno, anyone?) So let it go, this person will get what they deserve soon enough.</p>
<p>I guess I would feel I would need to say something to the child applying, maybe not to the parents, but I would have a hard time sitting back and letting this child, first only apply to one school, and second, end up with a school she can’t afford and left with no other choices. We have a potential move out of state after the kids graduate and have asked about state residency at various visits. We were told that most likely we would have to produce proof we moved for a job, first of all, then produce some utility bills or a deed or something to prove we actually live in that new state. Yes, she may receive a bill for OOS tuition, however, I would also venture a guess that she could be denied admissions or have admissions rescinded because of the dishonesty.</p>